Crime & Safety
Nearby: Police Rescue Man From Carmans River
Victim was noticed by someone fishing at the river Saturday morning.
A 28-year-old man was rescued from the Carmans River in the Shirley area Saturday morning, Suffolk County police said.
According to police, a 911 call was received from person fishing on a bridge near Montauk Highway who observed a man under the bridge in the river wearing jeans and a t-shirt around 10:51 a.m.
Seventh precinct officers Steven Hughes, Mark Kipybida and two people not identified in the police's release that offered assistance used a job boat to pull the man out of the water.
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The man pulled from the river was apparently suicidal, and transported to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue for treatment of hypothermia and evaluation.
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